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Historical Event on 2/10/1944
Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/19/1935 | British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23. |
| 5/4/1960 | Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale. |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 1/14/1993 | The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri. |
| 3/1/1917 | J. F. Maden gave a preview of the first Bengali fiction film ""Satyawadi Raja Harischandra"". |
| 10/18/1968 | Narendra Deepchand Hirwani, cricketer (Ind leggie 16 wickets vs WI on debut in 1988), was born in Gorakhpur. |
| 3/30/1993 | India forgoes Narmada loan balance because of World Bank's strict regulations. |
| 8/2/1877 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P. |
| 4/27/1854 | First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
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